That's explainable, Dunning-Kruger effect. Whole custom development industry is based on it. Otherwise it will never exist as there are whole agencies with 20-3

That's explainable, Dunning-Kruger effect. Whole custom development industry is based on it. Otherwise it will never exist as there are whole agencies with 20-30 year history that never seen a tiny bit of what they produced working in production: everything is a throwaway paid for by these would-be founders. It's like clouds: AWS exists because enough stupid people don't understand available hosting options and can't make simple cost calculations. This will never change simply because no one makes money if it does. If those people started looking for a tech-cofounder, then two options: - they never find one, thus give up on the idea, the money they spend/waste on it will never be spent, thus GDP from this final consumption (which nearly all of custom development is: final consumption, a hobby), will not be created. - they find someone who will pretend or will falsely believe to be technical. essentially same guy as the original one. and he will waste some time and money with freelancers, become convinced they are all fraud (because this is what happens when you ask for idiotic stuff to be built on impossible budgets - everyone except scammers, decline), then hire some agencies, and waste some money on them, aaaaand it's gone! How do you explain to people who are not capable of starting a business, that they shouldn't start one? Bigger question: WHY would you do it? Why not just benefit from them?